Morris, New York

Letter with three cent stamp -- 3 cents in 1853 would be worth about $1.06 in 2021, so $0.52 stamps are a bargain!

The letter was sent to Arvine C. Wales in Massillon, Stark County, Ohio.

The was seal is still on the back of the letter. The letter was folded to form the envelope.

Don Valentine shared this photo on Facebook on August 31, 2020
The old Texaco station in Morris. My cousins, Doug and Weeder Hoag owned it at one time. Now it's just storage for Naylor's.

Mary Valentine allowed me to take a photo of this map that her mother had for long time. Click on the map twice to see it in higher detail.
The map was made by Annie Olmstead Peet in 1963. The map is also in the Library of Congress at:

https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593258/

She was from Laurens, NY -
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44539968/annie-peet

Useful to have this available because people moved back and forth from Chenango to Otsego Counties.

Click on the link below to download the book -- beware it takes a while because it is over 800 pages!

Dr. McClintock was a veteran of the Civil War and served with the 114th Regiment as Hospital Steward and then with the 175th NY Infantry and later with US Volunteers as an Assistant Surgeon. He was born in Kortright, Delaware County, New York.

Postcard created about 1950.

From the National Historic Register application: